Improvement in hair-curlers



' mmw 1 17 4 3 9 PATENTED JUL 251871 PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES MARKLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAlR-cuRLERs.

Specification forming part of Letters `Patent No. 117,439, dated July 25, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLEs MARKLEY, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented an Improved Curling-lron for Curling Hair, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being' had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my invention. Fig. 2 is an outside view of the saine in a diierent position.

This invention has relation to devices for curling hair by means of heated metal rods or cyl-4 inders around which the ha-ir is wound and the curl shaped, the same retaining its form after the curler is withdrawn; and the novelty consists in the mode of securing said hollow curler to its handle, and in providing it with a device for closing it up after the insertion of the heated rod and Vholding the end of the hair.

In the accompanying' drawing illustrating this invention, A represents the handle ofthe curler; B, the hollow curler, made oi', any suitable material, which should be smoothly polished, or, better still, plated with silver, so that it may be withdrawn from the hair without disarran gin g it. C represents the heating-rod, which, after being properly heated in the re, is inserted in the curler B. Any number of irons may be used, so that one may be placed in the curler while the others are in the tire, so as to save time.

By means of such devices the necessity of placing the curler in the tire is obviated.

lf the curlerbe placed in the iire the outside only becomes heated consequently it very soon becomes cool, unless it be heated to such a degree as to endanger the hair. Then, again, the particles in the re cling to the outside of the curler, and after a few insertion s itbecomes very rough and unfit for use. These objections do not apply to my curler. The iron rods alone are brought into contact with the fire, and may be thoroughly heated. When placed in the curler the heat passes from the inside and heats the same all through. C represents an eye on the end ofthe heatingrod, into which the end oi' another rod may be inserted to take it from the fire. The curler B is hinged to the handle A, so that it may be thrown back to insert the rod C. D represents a stud, which engages with a spring, E,

on the side of the handle to hold up or lock the I curler in position. E- represents a lever having a concave head-piece, F, which tits against the outside of the curler, and is designed to hold it firm, and also to hold the end of the hair while the saine is being curled.

Having fully described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The case B hinged to the handle A, substantially as described.

2. The stud D and spring E, in combination with the hinged case B and handle A, as and for the purpose described.

April l, 1871.

CHARLES MARKLEY.

Witnesses:

BENJ. POND, t MICHAEL FARNHAM. 

